Wood Street Infant School

About Wood Street Infant School

Wood Street Infant School in Guildford is a small state primary for children aged 4 to 7, and the feedback from its parent community is strikingly positive. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering the period up to September 2025, 92% of the 12 respondents said they would recommend the school to other parents. That confidence is backed by strong individual scores: every parent strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy at the school and feels safe there, with 83% strongly agreeing on safety. The school is also heavily oversubscribed. For the 2025/26 intake, there were 110 applications for just 28 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.93. Only 16 first-preference offers were made, which underlines how sought-after this infant school is among local families. Parents also reported high satisfaction with communication: 83% strongly agreed that the school makes them aware of what their child will learn, and 92% strongly agreed that their child does well at the school.

Academically, Wood Street Infant School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2025. This represents a change from its previous inspection in 2015, when it was rated Outstanding overall. In the 2025 inspection, inspectors judged the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management all as Good. The early years provision was also rated Good. Because the school only covers Key Stage 1, there are no published KS2 SATs results to compare against the Surrey local authority average of 66% reaching the expected standard. However, the Ofsted report noted that the school has high expectations, and 83% of parents in the survey strongly agreed that the school supports their child's wider personal development. The school’s small size — just 72 pupils against a capacity of 90 — means class sizes are likely to be intimate, which can be a real advantage for early-years learning and individual attention.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for such a small setting, including a library, playing fields, a gymnasium, a sports hall, an ICT suite, and even a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, football, rounders, netball, and tennis, while after-school clubs cover film, chess, art, and science. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language communication needs, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. However, the Parent View data on SEND support was inconclusive, with no responses recorded for that question. The school is heavily oversubscribed, so families considering it should be prepared for a competitive admissions process. It is a non-religious, mixed-gender infant school with no nursery or sixth form provision. For those who miss out, the nearest Outstanding-rated alternative is Pewley Down Infant School, 4.4 km away.

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